Combined mailing-card and frame.



APPLICATION FILED MAR.28, 1912.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' CLARENCE K. REESE, F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOB, TO THE REESE &CBITTENDEN .A plurality of retaining members are also and extensive, at;the present time, I have 'and preserved, together with the advertisthereverse side of said card, cut to form a 00., or CLEVELAND, OHIO,

A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COMBINED MAILING-CAB]? AND FRAME.

1 ,038,652. I Specification of To all whom'z't mag concern: Be it knownthat I, CLARnNoEK. REESE, a citizen of the United States, residing atCleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Combined Mailing-Cards andFrames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a combined mailing card andframe, and has for its object the provision of a card which may be sentthrough the mail, and affords an article of such novelty and interestthat it will be converted into a picture frame ing matter, whichpreferably is associated therewith. In order to attain these advantages,the card'must be inexpensive to manufacture, and attractive, whenemployed for its'converted use. To attain cheapness of manufacture, thepicture frame is partially cut in the form of a mat with a removableportion to serve for the mailing address.

cut from the body of the card in such position as will best hold thesize or'shape of picture to be mounted thereon.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view of the obverse side ofthe mailing card, and Fig. 2 is a view of mat or frame, with a therein.

The same characters of reference are employed in both figures of thedrawings to indicate similar parts.

The mailingcard, of course, may be made of any desired size and shape,and may be differently cut to form a mat or frame for various pictures.However, since its employment with post cards is most popular post' cardmounted chosen to show, and describe a mailing card adapted for thedisplay of picture postals.

In the drawings, the mailing card a is gether with the desiredornamental and advertising matter. A fairly good grade of card board orbristol board is desirable for forming the body of the mailing card, sothat it may be cut, as will later be described, to present sharp, welldefined edges, and

Letters P ent Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

Application filed March 28,1912. Serial No. 686,786.

iretaining parts of suflicient flexibility and i toughness to insure theretention of the cut- 1 out portion and the subsequent mounting of gthepost card or .picture.

tions (1, a of the obverseand reverse sides gof the mailing card, maywell be" used re- The lower porspectively, for advertising matter andfurther ornamentation than the figures of, a four-leaf clover and arabbits foot, as now shown upon the card.

In,Fig. I there is shown an oval c which .is cut entirely through thecard, except at the four points 0'. These are left uncut for retainingthe oval in place, while adjacent :to said uncut portion 0 there are outfour V-shapcd points 03. Upon the obverse side 1 of the oval there areprinted or lithographed, suitable lines for writing a mailmg addressthereon, while dotted lines are likewise impressed across the uncutportion 0, to indicate that the oval is to be completel cut out forforming the mat .or picture rame. Upon the reverse side of said ovalinstructions are printed to this efiect: With a sharp knife, cut dottedlines upon the other side of the card, and remove this central portion.Then slightly bend out the V-shaped points and insert the post card orother picture, which you desire to have framed. By following thesedirections, a novel and inexpensive frame is thus formed, which willhold pictures of somewhat varying sizes, inasmuch as the points cl arevso positioned that two or more of them may be used for retaining a cardhaving either the approximate width or length for which theframe is desithe retaining points d is preferable to a cornerwise mounting for thepost card, and also insures the advantage of retaining the sections aintact, for holding the removable oval c in place until the article hasbeen sent through the 'mail. of course many ornamental shapes forpartially cutting the mat, may be adopted for making thesnnple andinexpensive picture frame herein specifically disclosed.

Accordingl I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, thefollowing 1. A" mailing card, comprising a cardboard body, partially cutto form a mat or frame opening but leaving integral connecting parts,and a plurality of retaining part-s thereon adjacent to the partiallycut open 'ing, substantially as set forth.

ing cut therein, aremovable integral ad- 2. In a combined mailing cardand frame,

I the combination with a card-board body ing a card-board sheet having amat-openhaving a mat-opening partially cut therein, and retaining partsprovided adjacent thereto in line with'the horizontal and vertical axesof the card, of a picture mounted beneath said retaining parts,substantially asset forth.

3. A convertible mailing card, compris' ing a cardboard body having amat-opening partially cut centrally thereof to leave a pluralltyof'integral portions, and a plurahty of mtegral-picture-supporting omtscut adjacent to said integral parts, su stantially as set forth.

5. A convertible mailing card, comprising a card-board sheet centrallycut through by a plurality of separate curved lines which togetherdefine a mat-opening and integral points out peripherally about saidopening to form retaining partsfor a picture, substantially as setforth.

6. A combined mailing card and picture frame, comprising a card-boardbody having a mat-openingpartially cut therein to leave integralportions for holding the partially tainlng points cut substantially inline with the horizontal and vertical axes of the card for holding apicture in position before the v mat-opening, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I do novv' aifix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. CLARENCE K. REESE. [n.s] \Vitnesses:

' ESTHER NICKELS,

ALBERT LYNN LAWRENCE.

cut-away section in place, and re-'

